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This thesis proposes Molecular Hedonism as a probe for observing human behavior and examines our motivation for pursuing pleasure throughout history. What is pleasure? Why is pleasure important? When analyzing pleasure at the microcosmic level, how do our genes, molecules, or at…

This thesis is a study of the theories of pleasure as proposed in Plato’s Philebus, Aristotle’s EN VII.11-14 and EN X.1-5, with particular emphasis on the value of pleasure. Focusing on the Philebus in Chapters 1 and 2, I argue that the account of pleasure as restorative process…

Through an examination of how culture and cultural difference affect sexual norms and practices this thesis explores the sexual subjectivities of ten Nigerian and Sierra Leonean young women living in Winnipeg. The theoretical framework deployed in this thesis is the social const…

The main question we set out to answer in this dissertation is: can Gabrielle de Coignard’s outlook, as perceived through her OEuvres chrestiennes, be described as hedonistic and, if so, to what extent?

Public health researchers often take a risk-based approach to investigating Black women’s and adolescent sexuality, focusing primarily on reducing the rates of HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and unintended pregnancies. In order to advance the field of public health and Bl…

This project focuses on the reproductive health decisions of black women. This project uses a hybrid methodology from the disciplines of social science and the humanities to investigate the role of religious dogmas in the reproductive health decisions of black women. The study i…

The argument in Plato's Philebus presents three successive formulations of the hedonist principle. Commentators often take Socrates' argument in the dialogue to be dealing solely with the third formulation, which states that pleasure, rather than intelligence, is closer in natur…